FYI... ------------------------------ *From: * Lesly Baesens <lesly [ dot ] baesens [ at ] opengovpartnership [ dot ] org> *Sender: * ogpgovs [ at ] opengovpartnership [ dot ] org *Date: *Thu, 30 May 2013 12:51:43 -0400 *To: *Lesly Baesens<lesly [ dot ] baesens [ at ] opengovpartnership [ dot ] org> *Cc: *Joseph Foti<joseph [ dot ] foti [ at ] opengovpartnership [ dot ] org> *Subject: *OGP Independent Reporting Mechanism Local Researchers Call Dear Open Government Partnership (OGP) Coordinators and Leads, As I am sure you are already aware, a big part of OGP are the opportunities for reflection and accountability at the end of each year of implementation. Along with the government self-assessment you will begin in consultation with civil society following July, OGP's Independent Reporting Mechanism will also begin its independent evaluation of your country's progress on its OGP action plan. We are writing you to ask for nominations for institutions or individuals who would be able to work with the Independent Reporting Mechanism to carry out the reporting process. The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) recently released a call for local researchers to carry out research at the national level in 39 countries to assess government progress on implementation of the OGP Action Plans. The link to the call can be found here: http://www.opengovpartnership.org/work-ogp While the final decision on the researcher will be made by an independent panel of experts, we welcome nominations from all stakeholders. If you would like to nominate someone for this call, please email Mr. Joseph Foti, OGP's IRM manager at joseph [ dot ] foti [ at ] opengovpartnership [ dot ] org. Additionally, we would appreciate if you could help us promote the call by forwarding it to your relevant contacts. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Best, Lesly Mrs. Lesly Baesens Program Assistant Independent Reporting Mechanism Open Government Partnership Skype: lesly.baesens Twitter: ogp_irm http://www.opengovpartnership.org/independent-reporting-mechanism c/o OpenGovHub 1889 F Street NW 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20006 -- -- http://www.eellak.gr/, http://mycontent.ellak.gr/, http://www.creativecommons.gr/, http://mathe.ellak.gr/